Why Men Don’t Bake
Backstory: Last year I bought a “Gingerbread Coffee Cup Cake” package as part of a fundraiser for my niece’s school. It sat, unloved, in our pantry until today when I decided that I was going to spend the afternoon applying heat. I used the soldering iron, did some last-minute Hanukah menorah cleanup, and figured I’d [...]
Bagel Topography
I have often wondered why it’s impossible to find a good bagel west of Pittsburgh. Some argue it’s the water, and that only the Eastern seaboard has appropriate quantities of bacteria and minerals in the water to make a good, pluchy bagel (If you need a definition of pluchy, imagine a really chubby baby’s feet. [...]
Holy (Land) Breakfast
I am a creature of habit, and a good breakfast is one of those habits. Particularly when travelling, starting the day off with a solid helping of protein, fruit, something sweet and at times a kick of spiciness is your best bet for good attention, energy and focus. Sometimes it’s one bookend of a long [...]
Weight Watchers Exit Strategy
I was thrown out of Weight Watchers. Seriously – it’s not something they talk about, but occasionally they have to ask people to leave for being disruptive, obviously non-compliant, or otherwise predestined to #fail. Sometime in 1988, my wonderful, svelte wife and I decided to join Weight Watchers to undo some of the good food, [...]
Ponzio’s Diner: Help For A World of Hurt
Ever have those days when you need comfort food? I’m not talking about a handful of M&Ms because your boss yelled at you, or maybe a spoonful of ice cream in between dinner and Grey’s Anatomy because it’s only Tuesday and you’ve already worked half a normal wage earner’s week. I’m talking about needing to [...]
@ The Generation Gap
[Note: Another edited for time and context repost from my work ramblings, this one originally appearing April 11, 2008]. We hosted two Israeli teenagers as part of the Diller Teen Fellow program between our North Jersey federation and our sister program in Rish L’Zion, Israel. They were articulate, funny, techno-savvy and they didn’t laugh at [...]
Seeing The World in Black and White (Cookies)
[Note: this entry originally appeared, slightly edited, over at my Sun blog. But thanks to a liberal new author cross-license policy, anything that's not Sun-IP related has been released into the wild. So two years after first thinking in public about the joys of black and white cookies, I'm revisiting the topic.] Long before Jerry [...]